Alameda

City okays new park, field fees

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 12:05am

Alameda’s City Council on Tuesday unanimously signed off on new park fees intended to foster more efficient use of Alameda’s sports fields and better recovery of the costs of users’ wear and tear on parks.

Starting this fall, youth sports leagues will pay between $2 and $3 an hour for use of the city’s fields, with credit for any maintenance they perform; they now pay $5 per player with a $500 minimum. The city will also introduce new hourly fees for adult sports leagues with separate, flat fees for kickball leagues and a fee for the use of inflatable jumpers in parks. Read more >> about City okays new park, field fees

City, SunCal settle suit

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 10:30pm

Updated at 12:05 p.m. Thursday, December 20

The city has agreed to pay former Alameda Point developer SunCal $4.25 million to settle the developer's claims the city and its former manager failed to negotiate in good faith toward a development deal, a move that ends the developer's quest for damages and another chance to develop the Point. Read more >> about City, SunCal settle suit

Alameda reacts to Connecticut school shooting

Michele Ellson
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 12:38pm

Here's what Alamedans are reacting to today's shooting at a Connecticut school. More to come. Feel free to add your comments.

Top administrator, who guided city through turmoil, headed to Burlingame

Michele Ellson
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 12:01am

A top administrator who guided City Hall through a tumultuous time will be taking the helm of the City of Burlingame.

Assistant City Manager Lisa Goldman was reportedly the Burlingame City Council’s unanimous choice for city manager, putting her ahead of 55 other applicants for the job. That city’s leaders are set to vote on a contract for Goldman today, and she’ll start on December 27. Read more >> about Top administrator, who guided city through turmoil, headed to Burlingame

Nob Hill strikers fear medical benefit cuts

Michele Ellson
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 12:44pm

Video by Donna Eyestone; click to view.

When Bernice Rodriguez’s mother retired after more than two decades as a bakery manager for the Raley’s grocery store chain, she wanted to make sure her medical benefits would remain in place.

“They told her not to worry about it,” Rodriguez, a food service manager who has worked for the company for more than a decade, said Monday. Read more >> about Nob Hill strikers fear medical benefit cuts

Hospital managers get tentative okay to start seismic equipment fixes

Michele Ellson
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 12:05am

Managers at Alameda Hospital secured provisional approval for the hospital’s board Monday to move forward with seismic retrofit projects they said they need to complete by the end of 2012 in order to win an extension on the state’s 2013 deadline to complete pricier retrofit work and keep the hospital’s doors open. Read more >> about Hospital managers get tentative okay to start seismic equipment fixes

City budget: "We're going to do less with less"

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 12:52am

In what has become an almost perverse annual ritual, city leaders discussed how they plan to address a projected $5.1 million deficit in next year’s general fund budget and bigger deficits in the years to come.

City staffers on Tuesday outlined a series of cuts that included layoffs and plans to close the city’s jail. City Council members, meanwhile, sparred over the Measure C sales tax proposal, which voters will consider through Election Day on Tuesday.

“We’re going to do less with less,” Councilwoman Lena Tam said. Read more >> about City budget: "We're going to do less with less"

COUNCIL NIXES MIF SWAP

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 12:08am

Alameda's City Council voted early this morning to nix a proposal to swap the Mif Albright golf course to developer Ron Cowan for cash and land he owns nearby and to direct city staff to negotiate with two firms for a management contract at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex. The swap proposal fell on a 5-0 vote, drawing cheers from opponents who packed council chambers. Read more >> about COUNCIL NIXES MIF SWAP

Teachers struggle with rising health coverage costs

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:25pm

Carolyn Cover-Griffith leafs through a pile of old paycheck stubs to offer a sense of how her health care costs have increased over the past few years. In 2009, she was paying $790 a month for healthcare coverage for her family. This year, her payment for her family’s Blue Shield plan is nearly $1,200 a month. Read more >> about Teachers struggle with rising health coverage costs

School officials outline next steps on magnet, innovative school programs

Michele Ellson
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:58pm

Alameda school district leaders are preparing to request a fresh round of magnet and innovative school proposals – in the spring of 2013.

Proposals that are turned in that October and later okayed by the Board of Education would be implemented in the 2015-2016 school year, district officials told the board on Tuesday. They said the proposals will be on a three-year cycle until the Measure A parcel tax expires, in 2018. Read more >> about School officials outline next steps on magnet, innovative school programs

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